Routes out of the crisis – New strategies for skills and employment

Capacity building seminar for local development practitioners

Organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development

Trento, Italy,

10-12 June 2009

Background / The Seminar / Who / Agenda / Material / Contact

Background

In the context of rising numbers of unemployment benefit applicants, longer unemployment spells and increasing numbers of job seekers who do not qualify for unemployment benefits, national and sub-national governments need to apply the right mix of policies, which can be difficult to decide upon. Choices are also constrained by reduced budgets. Employment and social policies and local strategies have to reconcile the need to prevent the loss of skills and get the highly skilled back into employment while also targeting the at-risk groups and providing adequate safety nets to job losers and low income families. It is important to address the immediate needs while also setting the ground for quality employment in the future.

The Seminar

Who

Policy makers and practitioners directly involved in designing and putting in place local strategies to respond to rising unemployment (national and regional authorities, local employment services, ministries of labour, education and training institutions, regional development agencies, local partnerships …).

Agenda

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Material

Contact

For more information on the seminar, please contact Elisa.Campestrin@oecd.org